The Eighth Night [Action, AU Event]

[cowledcrusader]

[It's been a fairly uneventful week for Bruce Wayne, who has been enjoying himself in Luceti, despite how dull it is in comparison to Gotham City.  He's been spending most of the week wandering around town, and thankfully because Batman's not the most social of creatures, he isn't much confused by a lot of the people he's running into.

So.  For all intents, there's a comfortably dressed, tall man who most people probably haven't seen much of in the past.  Unlike Batman, this Bruce is a social creature, given that his parents never died and he was never Batman to begin with.   Bruce will be wandering around town most of the day in various places, so he might run into your character... or you can approach him and see who this guy is. 

However, after the day is done, Bruce returns to his house that he shares with the Justice League.  He'll make his way to his own room, which seems uncharacteristically bare.   It hasn't bothered him much, though when he decides to go get a change of clothes for after taking a shower, he stumbles upon a hidden compartment in his closet.

...Inside the closet is his Batsuit... or rather, Batman's batsuit... as well as several pieces of his crimefighting equipment.  Utterly shocked, Bruce takes out some of it and begins examining it.  Housemates are free to catch him making the discovery of "his" gear.]

...What is all of this?

[OOC: For purposes of tagging, I will be using nocapesorcowls  from here out.]

Comments

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

[Hm. Well, Bruce, this guy here has taken to sitting and watching people after coming across one weirdly alien thing after another all week. He's - ...And then there's an adult he doesn't recognize.]

Oi, you!

[nocapesorcowls.livejournal.com]

[Bruce will look over to the voice, presumably calling him. ...He looks somehow familiar, though he can't place the name.]

Yes? What can I do for you?

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

Mind if I ask your name?

[He's running through his head of who this could possibly be. Somehow Goroh comes on the list... in which case it's funny to see him so young. But most of the others are people - like Keiichi - who would have been aged up. After all in a town with so few legitimate adults you tend to know at least what all of them look like]

[nocapesorcowls.livejournal.com]

Sure. ...Bruce Wayne. And you are?

[...Well, Haruki. Guess who was correct when they called the Batman by his actual name?]

1/2

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

[...Holy shit it's Batman]

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

...'M Haruki, chief of the SOS-Brigade.

[nocapesorcowls.livejournal.com]

Nice to meet you, Haruki. The name, it's Japanese, isn't it?

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

Mmhm. Bruce is European or something, right?

[nocapesorcowls.livejournal.com]

Scottish or English, I believe. Though I was born in the United States.

[mikangirl.livejournal.com]

[Should the highly social Mr Wayne visit the bar at any stage, he may find this young woman lurking within.]

[nocapesorcowls.livejournal.com]

[He likely would, and he'll come in and take a seat at the bar near Nami. He'll give her a polite smile before ordering a glass of wine.]

Good evening, miss.

[mikangirl.livejournal.com]

[Huh, another new face. But given what's been happening this week, this is not so surprising. ...certainly politer than most. She offers him a smile.]

Evening.

[nocapesorcowls.livejournal.com]

Don't think I've seen you around before. Name's Bruce.

[mikangirl.livejournal.com]

Nami. It's nice to meet you. [Curious look.] How long have you been in Luceti?

[nocapesorcowls.livejournal.com]

Hm, a couple of months now, I think. I've lost track of the time. You?

[mikangirl.livejournal.com]

Nearly ten. I'm surprised I haven't seen you before.

[orchidsandfire.livejournal.com]

[Diana leans on his doorway, staring for a moment as Bruce looks through his crimefighting equipment. She still doesn't know how to act around this version of him. As much as it pleases her that they're dating in his world, it's still strange. Does Batman have to cease to exist in order for Bruce to give them a chance? And she's not sure she would have even liked Bruce Wayne if he weren't Batman. So, right now, he'll have a slightly wary Wonder Woman answer his question.]

This is Batman's equipment.

[nocapesorcowls.livejournal.com]

[Bruce looks back at Diana for a moment as he pulls the cowl and cape out from the compartment.]

...Batman?

[orchidsandfire.livejournal.com]

Yes. [Er. It shouldn't be this awkward. She goes for the blunt approach.] You're Batman.

[nocapesorcowls.livejournal.com]

...What? I... don't even know who Batman is.

[orchidsandfire.livejournal.com]

[She bites her lip.] You don't remember.

[State the obvious, will you.]

[nocapesorcowls.livejournal.com]

I've never seen any of this before in my life.

[He almost stares into the cowl as thought it was a mirror. It was... unsettling to him in many ways.]

[orchidsandfire.livejournal.com]

[She walks into the room.]

But you know who I am. Personally, I mean.

[couldhavedanced.livejournal.com]

[Oh, look, someone who doesn't look weird or harmful. Naturally, Emma will say hi to this nonthreatening (hopefully) individual as she's out trying to get things done.]

Good afternoon.

[nocapesorcowls.livejournal.com]

Good afternoon, miss.

[Oh, look, someone who is polite!]